Work samples

  • Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs
    Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs

    A tapestry made with acrylic and wool yarn, found cotton rope, scraps of my old shirts and socks, tinsel, elastic from an old bra, collected buttons and charms, and a found photograph of a child

  • Hogtie
    Hogtie

    Table made with cherry, reclaimed yellow and white pine, and scraps of poplar, maple, white oak, and walnut, finished with Polywhey 40in x 36in x 29.5in

  • Bare Bottom
    Bare Bottom

    Set of four chairs made with cherry, reclaimed yellow and white pine, and scraps of poplar, maple, and white oak, finished with Polywhey 45in x 21in x 18in

About Wednesday

Wednesday Childs is an artist and furniture maker living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2021, during a break from undergraduate studies, she apprenticed with a furniture maker in Baltimore called Kaya Furniture Design. In 2023 Wednesday graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture. Since then she has been an endowed studio fellow at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. Although wood is currently her primary… more

Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs

A tapestry made with acrylic and wool yarn, found cotton rope, scraps of my old shirts and socks, tinsel, elastic from an old bra, collected buttons and charms, and a found photograph of a child

  • Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs
    Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs

    full weaving

  • Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs Detail #1
    Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs Detail #1

    Detail of the top of the weaving

  • Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs Detail #2
    Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs Detail #2

    Detail of the upper middle part of the weaving

  • Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs Detail #3
    Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs Detail #3

    Detail of the bottom middle of the weaving showing a photo that has been woven into it

  • Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs Detail #4
    Between The Serpents And Up The Stairs Detail #4

    detail of the bottom half of the weaving

Target Practice

A tapestry made with acrylic and wool yarn, scraps of my clothes, my torn up bed sheets, ribbon, my old belt, collected buttons, shoe laces, my grandmothers old towels, an action figure I found on the ground, and my broken roller-skate hardware

  • Target Practice
    Target Practice

    Full weaving

  • Target Practice Detail #1
    Target Practice Detail #1

    Detail of the top of the weaving

  • Target Practice Detail #2
    Target Practice Detail #2

    detail of the middle of the weaving

The Parent

A tapestry made with acrylic and wool yarn, scraps of my clothes, my torn up bed sheets, ribbon, collected buttons, faux fur, torn up fabric that I screen printed, my grandmothers old towels, and a found bra strap 72in. x 12in.

  • The Parent
    The Parent

    Full weaving

  • The Parent Detail #1
    The Parent Detail #1

    Detail of The Parent

  • The Parent Detail #2
    The Parent Detail #2

    Detail of The Parent

Shy and Drooling

A display case/wine rack with drawers made of  salvaged elm and poplar, reclaimed red and white oak, scraps of sapele and cherry, reclaimed fir from my childhood home, and reclaimed hemlock mushroom board, finished with Polywhey. Hardware fabricated from brass tube and sheet 45in x 34in x 20in

  • Shy and Drooling full piece
    Shy and Drooling full piece
  • Shy and Drooling Detail #1
    Shy and Drooling Detail #1

    Shy and Drooling Detail

  • Shy and Drooling Detail #2
    Shy and Drooling Detail #2

    Shy and Drooling Detail

  • Shy and Drooling Detail #3
    Shy and Drooling Detail #3

    Shy and Drooling Detail

  • Shy and Drooling Detail #4
    Shy and Drooling Detail #4

    Shy and Drooling Detail

  • Shy and Drooling Detail #5
    Shy and Drooling Detail #5

    Shy and Drooling Detail

Hogtie

Table made with cherry, reclaimed yellow and white pine, and scraps of poplar, maple, white oak, and walnut, finished with Polywhey 40in x 36in x 29.5in

  • Hogtie
    Hogtie

    Full piece

  • Hogtie Detail #1
    Hogtie Detail #1

    Hogtie detail

  • Hogtie Detail #2
    Hogtie Detail #2

    Hogtie Detail

Bare Bottom

Set of four chairs made with cherry, reclaimed yellow and white pine, and scraps of poplar, maple, and white oak, finished with Polywhey 45in x 21in x 18in

  • Bare Bottom
    Bare Bottom

    Bare Bottom

  • Bare Bottom Detail #1
    Bare Bottom Detail #1

    Bare Bottom Detail

  • Bare Bottom Detail #2
    Bare Bottom Detail #2

    Bare Bottom Detail

Grazing

A bench made with cherry and scraps of yellow pine, poplar, white oak, and butternut, finished with Polywhey 53in x 19.5in x 25in

  • Grazing
    Grazing

    Grazing full piece

  • Grazing Detail #1
    Grazing Detail #1

    Grazing Detail

  • Grazing Detail #2
    Grazing Detail #2

    Grazing Detail